Android Phones

CALIFORNIA: The popular messaging app Whatsapp is about to roll out its feature for Android which could end up recording your secrets and broadcasting them to your contacts.
The communications app is now preparing to introduce an Android update a ‘locked record’ function which will allow you to switch on record by tapping the microphone and holding it for a half a second. Currently, Android users have to hold the icon to record a message. But the update lets you record without worrying about your finger slipping off…

Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Sunday that it will bring its digital assistant to smartphones running the latest versions of its Android operating system, vastly expanding its reach.
The Google Assistant was limited to the technology company's own products when it was released last fall, but it has steadily been expanding to a broader range of devices.
Smartphones running Android accounted for 85 percent of the global market last year, according to tech research firm IDC, compared to 15 percent for Apple Inc’s iOS.…